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On Alwen Avenue, in Cowcliffe & South Fixby
What it's like at HD2 2SJ: every home that has sold on Alwen Avenue since 1995 and who owns them, what's happening down the road, crime on the street, a day in the life, history on the doorstep and what's changing nearby. Moving, buying, selling, improving or investing? Pick a lens above for what matters to you.
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ORR, DfE, police.uk, OS Terrain 50 and Open Greenspace, Forestry Commission, Defra noise maps (England), Xoserve. Every distance: Moving; radon, ground and flood checks: Buying.
3 homes on the street extended (energy certificates).
Sales and extensions on Alwen Avenue; new homes, planning permissions and schools within 1 km over the last five years. Everything changing within 2 km.
1 of the 32 homes on the street are owned by companies.
| 1, Alwen AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2014 | £155,000 | 123 m² | £1,260/m² | 2 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3, Alwen AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2013 | £122,000 | 75 m² | £1,627/m² | 3 |
| 4, Alwen AvenueSemi-detached | Nov 2017 | £110,000 | 65 m² | £1,692/m² | 3 |
| 5, Alwen AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2022 | £195,500 | 102 m² | £1,917/m² | 1 |
| 7, Alwen AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2021 | £132,500 | 102 m² | £1,299/m² | 1 |
| 8, Alwen AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 2013 | £105,000 | 85 m² | £1,235/m² | 1 |
| 9, Alwen AvenueOther | Apr 2022 | £183,000 | 117 m² | £1,564/m² | 2 |
| 11, Alwen AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2006 | £123,000 | 134 m² | £918/m² | 1 |
| 12, Alwen AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2015 | £132,000 | 98 m² | £1,347/m² | 2 |
| 14, Alwen AvenueSemi-detached | Aug 1996 | £32,000 | 68 m² | £471/m² | 1 |
| 15, Alwen AvenueSemi-detached | Apr 2001 | £54,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 16, Alwen AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2013 | £89,000 | 91 m² | £978/m² | 1 |
| 18, Alwen AvenueSemi-detached | Mar 2003 | £66,000 | 78 m² | £846/m² | 2 |
| 19, Alwen AvenueDetached | Apr 2014 | £144,000 | 127 m² | £1,134/m² | 1 |
| 20, Alwen AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 1999 | £38,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 21, Alwen AvenueDetached | Apr 2024 | £345,000 | 190 m² | £1,816/m² | 2 |
| 22, Alwen AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2002 | £62,000 | 110 m² | £564/m² | 1 |
| 25, Alwen AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2020 | £215,000 | 148 m² | £1,453/m² | 3 |
| 26, Alwen AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 2000 | £49,500 | 69 m² | £717/m² | 1 |
| 27, Alwen AvenueSemi-detached | Jul 2020 | £280,000 | 162 m² | £1,728/m² | 3 |
| 27a, Alwen AvenueOther | Feb 2019 | £245,000 | 140 m² | £1,750/m² | 1 |
| 28, Alwen AvenueSemi-detached | Oct 2020 | £150,000 | 81 m² | £1,852/m² | 4 |
| 29, Alwen AvenueDetached | Sept 1997 | £88,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 31, Alwen AvenueDetached | Mar 2014 | £180,000 | 166 m² | £1,084/m² | 1 |
| 34, Alwen AvenueSemi-detached | Sept 2014 | £117,000 | 90 m² | £1,300/m² | 3 |
| 35, Alwen AvenueSemi-detached | May 2026 | £257,000 | 152 m² | £1,691/m² | 1 |
| 37, Alwen AvenueSemi-detached · company-owned | Feb 2008 | £200,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 38, Alwen AvenueSemi-detached | Feb 1995 | £56,000 | – | – | 1 |
| 39, Alwen AvenueDetached | Jul 2026 | £315,000 | 128 m² | £2,461/m² | 2 |
| 42, Alwen AvenueDetached | Oct 2025 | £495,000 | 195 m² | £2,538/m² | 1 |
| 44, Alwen AvenueDetached | Aug 2022 | £325,000 | 98 m² | £3,316/m² | 2 |
| 46, Alwen AvenueDetached | Feb 2022 | £575,000 | 177 m² | £3,249/m² | 2 |
From HM Land Registry sale records (standard sales) and energy certificates. Tap a home for its full history.
The nearest station is Huddersfield, a short drive or bike ride (1.9 km), with 3.1m journeys a year; its busiest route is to Leeds.
The nearest bus stop is Grimscar Avenue, 150 m away, with a bus about every 26 minutes on weekdays (routes 549, 384); 17 departures an hour from the 10 stops within a 5-minute walk.
The nearest primary school is St Patrick's Catholic Primary Academy, about a 10-minute walk (800 m); 59% met the expected standard.
None of the state primaries within 2 km has Ofsted's top rating.
The nearest secondary is North Huddersfield Trust School, 1.6 km away; Attainment 8: 35.7 · 5.6% of GCSEs at 8–9.
Top-rated secondaries within reach: Moor End Academy (4.1 km).
Grammar schools are within reach: The Crossley Heath School (7.2 km) and Heckmondwike Grammar School (9.9 km).
The nearest supermarket is Aldi, 1.3 km away, with Williamson Newsagents closer still (200 m) for top-ups.
The nearest GP surgery is Birkby Health Centre (300 m), with K Pharmacy the closest pharmacy (400 m).
For a haircut, Beauty for You is 650 m away.
The nearest full A&E is Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, 1.5 km away, rated requires improvement by the CQC.
At its trust, 85% of major A&E patients were seen within 4 hours in September 2026 (the NHS standard is 95%), and 76% of people waiting for planned treatment had waited under 18 weeks (typical wait 10 weeks).
There's a handful of places to eat and drink locally: 3 restaurants and cafés, 7 pubs and bars.
Vajrapnai KMC is the closest café or restaurant (550 m), and Oakfield Tennis And Bowling Club the nearest pub (350 m).
It's a low-crime area: about 51 recorded crimes per 1,000 residents a year, below most of the country.
There are 54 listed buildings.
Detached houses make up 46% of homes.
The typical home here was built in 1965-1972.
The nearest park is Norman Park, 550 m away; for exercise, The Gym Group (1.4 km).
Air quality is around the national middle (nitrogen dioxide 10.8 µg/m³).
For holidays, Leeds Bradford is 24 km away, and Manchester, with far more destinations, 47 km.
Neighbours tend to stay put: 46% of households own their home outright.
The nearest university is University of Huddersfield, 2.5 km away (TEF Gold).
21 places on this map are within about a 10-minute walk.
Walking times are estimates from straight-line distance. Food businesses from the FSA food hygiene register; schools from the DfE register; nurseries from Ofsted's childcare register; care homes from the Care Quality Commission; pools, sports halls, tennis and golf from Sport England Active Places (contains data © Sport England); everything else © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Map © OpenFreeMap, OpenMapTiles, OpenStreetMap contributors.
Huddersfield constituency: Harpreet Uppal MP (Labour), since July 2024. 2024 general election: Lab hold, majority 4,533 (11.3%), turnout 52%. Vote shares: Labour 38%, Green Party 26%, Conservative 16%, Reform UK 15%.
18 new homes, planning permissions and school changes on record within 2 km, plus energy projects, road works, storm overflows and major infrastructure. Everything changing near HD2 2SJ →
Written from the figures on this page: Census 2021, DfT journey times (2019), NaPTAN/ORR, Ofsted, CQC, FSA, police.uk and planning registers. Figures describe the neighbourhood around the street.
Tap a type to see what it covers and how it has changed in Kirklees since 2011.
police.uk, 2025-09 to 2026-08. Crimes are mapped to the nearest of a set of anonymised points and labelled with that point's street, so busy roads and junctions collect crimes from nearby; the street has about 32 homes that have sold since 1995. Greater Manchester Police data is not published, and national totals leave Greater Manchester out.
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Nearest: Formby · about 67 min
Nearest: Ilkley Swimming Pool · about 50 min
The most notable of each. Rough times by car in free-flowing traffic, between neighbourhood centres. Check opening times before you travel.
On this street: 0 of 24 homes with certificates have solar panels, 0 a heat pump, and 0 are heated by something other than mains gas.
| Neighbourhood | Council | England and Wales | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes with solar panels | 2.0% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Heated by a heat pump | 0.3% | 0.4% | 1.0% |
| Mains gas | 96.2% | 93.9% | 84.0% |
| Oil or LPG | 0.0% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Electric heating | 3.5% | 4.6% | 8.3% |
| Community heating | 0.0% | 0.2% | 2.1% |
From each home's latest energy certificate, so panels or heat pumps fitted since aren't counted and the shares are lower than today's real figures. Compare areas in the data explorer.